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Originally Posted by smudge

For the first time today I carried some weight in my truck.
Just over 1/2 ton of gravel/sand mix and 5 small bags of cement.After driving gently home on normal roads, I noticed both rear springs have broken leaves in them!
2 in one side and 1 in the other. Any ideas why this should suddenly happen? Surely the weight of less than 1 ton was not excessive, my mates L 200 carries 1 1/2 ton regularly.
I think mine also has heavy duty springs 8 leaves with very thick leaf second from bottom

Depends on the life they have had but more importantly,the quality of the spring steel.
We use to get some cheap springs in oz made in India and they would often snap without much of a load.
Some spring manufacturers in oz would use one or two Indian leafs in the pack with quality leafs to save money.

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